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9vMm TIL In Finland they have a unit of measurement called the ‘poronkusema’ or reindeer piss. The distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate. It is about 6 miles.
R5oDj TIL that the guillotine was last used in 1977 and wasn't officially outlawed by France in 1981
yVkRl TIL that a man lived with a penis on his arm for 6 years
R7n68 TIL of the Vela Incident, A nuclear explosion in the Indian ocean of unknown origin. The most widespread theory is that it was a joint Apartheid South African-Israeli nuclear test.
6EorX TIL in 1896 two locomotives were deliberately crashed together as a promotional event for the railroad in Crush, Texas. Over 40K people attended. Engineers had assured the organizers that it would be safe, but when both boilers exploded on impact two spectators were killed and several more injured.